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Best of 1940s
 67  7.7  6.9  Director: Mark Robson Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter Story: A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance. mannapuuro's rating:
 
305 7.9 8  Director: Jean Cocteau Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Michel Auclair Story: A merchant picks up a rose for his daughter Belle, and the castle's owner appears. He is a monster, half-human, half-beast, and possesses magic powers. He sentences the merchant to death, unless he gives up one of his daughters. Belle sacrifices herself for her father and goes to the castle, discovering that the Beast is not so wild and inhuman as he seems. mannapuuro's rating:
 
867 8.4 8.4  Director: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda Story: A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job. mannapuuro's rating:
 
348 7.8 8.1  Director: David Lean Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey Story: Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. mannapuuro's rating:
305 7.5 7.5  Director: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph Story: An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together. mannapuuro's rating:
214 8.3 8.1  Director: Marcel Carné Cast: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir Story: This tragic tale centers around the ill-fated love between Baptiste, a theater mime, and Claire Reine, an actress and otherwise woman-about-town who calls herself Garance. Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: Frederick, a pretentious actor; Lacenaire, a conniving thief; and Count Eduard of Monteray. mannapuuro's rating:
2044 8.1 8.5  Director: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead Story: Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. mannapuuro's rating:
1096 8.3 8.5  Director: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell Story: Dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a doppelganger, a poor but kind Jewish barber living in the slums, who one day is mistaken for Hynkel. mannapuuro's rating:
184 8 7.7  Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov Story: During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. mannapuuro's rating:
251 7.7 7.9  Director: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore Story: A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other. mannapuuro's rating:
343 7.8 8.1  Director: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price Story: A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating. mannapuuro's rating:
235 8 7.9  Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott Story: After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but can't win the approval of her spoiled daughter. mannapuuro's rating:
595 7.9 8  Director: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey Story: When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. mannapuuro's rating:
350 8.2 8.1  Directors: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Cast: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Austin Trevor Story: A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. + A Matter of Life and Death (1946) mannapuuro's rating:
 
795 8.2 8.4  Directors: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard Story: Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime. + Odd Man Out (1947) mannapuuro's rating:
284 8.1 8.1  Directors: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly Story: A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Shortly after the plan takes place, events take a crazy turn. mannapuuro's rating:
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Xanadon't
Posted: 1 year, 7 months ago at Oct 24 14:41
Great choices, and a number that I still need to see. Have you seen Notorious (1946)? It's not only my favorite Hitchcock film, but possibly my favorite movie of all time.
mannapuuro
Posted: 1 year, 1 month ago at Mar 24 12:12
Arg, sorry I forgot to answer you. Yes, I've seen it, but it didn't quite make the cut. Although if I gave honorable mentions, it would get one.
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